It’s not clear yet whether Boris has accepted the invite – but no doubt if he does some rather amusing dance scenes will likely ensue.

Ice, Ice Buy a House!

The news is rife with suggestions that the US housing market is recovering – whilst most of it comes from credible data houses both in and out of the US – we spotted this gem from Rob Van Winkle – better known outside the real estate industry as Vanilla Ice.

Mr Ice/Winkle was accosted with a few questions relating to his DIY reality show in the US and thought he’d throw in some house buying advice for good measure. If anyone has any questions about rapping, feel free to drop by my office...

Government Building Back-fires

Hong Kong has been battling with rising house prices for some time now, various government ploys have been rolled out, one of the main ones being to boost social housing volumes to bring down house prices (very similar to some calls being made right now in the UK).

Whilst these are perhaps some valid points, there doesn’t seem to be any statements that suggest his publication will be refusing data from lenders or banks that pay to advertise with what he openly admits is questionable data.

Spain "Finds" €40 Billion

Spains official tax amnesty that closed in November has resulted in the government revealing a whopping €40 Billion in undeclared assets apparently. The FT covers the revelation citing €500 euro note, crime and the black market (the most common and easiest associations made when it comes to Spanish business) as the main causes of the finding when, in reality the Spanish financial system is just not that efficient. Nevertheless, the very thought of quite how big a sofa one would need to be in order to find €40 Billion euro under it is mind boggling to say the least!

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